Disclosure Ref: 8

Trespassing convictions statistics

Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request

Request.

Please can you fill in the below table for the offence of Trespassing on a designated site Section 128 Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. Rough numbers are fine

| | No of arrests | No of Convictions | Avg Fine (first offence) | Highest Fine given (first offence) | No of re-offenders | Avg Fine (re-offenders) | Highest Fine given (re-offenders) | |-------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------| | 2014 | 2 | | | | | | | | 2015 | 1 | | | | | | | | 2016 | 1 | | | | | | |

Response

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no information on the number of arrests and therefore this part of your request should be directed to the Police.

The attached table shows the number of convictions in which a prosecution by the CPS commenced at magistrates’ courts in 2014, 2015, and 2016. I have inserted the numbers in the table. We have a record of six cases but please be advised that two cases from 2014 have been destroyed in accordance with the CPS Retention Schedule hence they do not appear in the above table. The relevant section of the Retention Schedule is set out on pages 29 -35 of the Records Management Manual.

http://www.cps.gov.uk/Publications/docs/rmmversion2.pdf

In relation to the questions on average fine (first offence), highest fine given (first offence), number of re-offenders, average fine (for re offenders) and highest fine for re-offenders, it should be noted that sentencing and re-offending data are a matter for Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and therefore you should submit these elements of your request to them. I have attached the link below for ease of reference. data.access@justice.gsi.gov.uk

Information Management Unit 020 3357 0899 FOI.Unit@cps.gsi.gov.uk